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M. TRUNK.

BILLIARD GUI-1 TIP. No. 247,134. Patented Sept; 13,1881.

ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

MARTIN TRUNK, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO CHARLESPFEIFFER, OF SAME PLACE.

BlLLlARD-CUE TIP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 247,134, datedSeptember 13, 1881.

Application filed July 7, 1831. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ll/IARTIN TRUNK, of thecity, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Billiard-Due Tips, of which the following is aspecification. 1

The cue-tips heretofore in use were generally made of finely-grainedleather, which, however, is objectionable, as its surface gets glossy byuse and does not admit of the striking of the balls with its originalelasticity. Another disadvantage of the leather tips is that the glueconnection with the base-disk is not permanent enough, so that they getfrequently detached, to the great annoyanceof the player.

The object of my invention is to overcome these objections; and theinvention consists of a billiard-cue tip made of cork and applied to abase-disk of leather.

In the accompanying drawings, Figurel represents a side view of abilliard-cue with my improved tip, and Fig. 2 is a vertical centralsection of the tip.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

In the drawings, A represents a billiard-cue, which is provided with atip, B, of finelygrained cork. The tip B is glued to a base disk, 0, ofleather, by which it is attached to the end of the billiard-cue. Thecork tip B retains always its original elasticity without getting hardand glossy. Consequently the player can strike the balls with greaterease and certainty. As the cork is porous, the. glue by which it isconnected to the base 0 unites it more intimately to the latter, so asto give less annoyance by the detaching of the tip. The cork tip is moredurable and cheaper than leather, and forms, if uniform finely-grainedmaterial is selected, in every respect a better tip.

Having thus described myinvention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent As a new article of manufacture, a billiardtip made ofcork and secured to a base-disk of leather, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname, in presence of two witnesses, this 28th day of June, 1881.

MARTIN TRUNK.

Witnesses:

PAUL GoEPEL, CARL KARP.

